Checklist for Suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834 (Circular-seamed flies)
and region Starland County (Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 85
319
408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 85
319
408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 80
308
390 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
294
374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 14
25
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 12
20
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Starland County
12 Families width 21 Species | Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 | Bee Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oestridae Leach, 1815 | Bot flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syrphidae Latreille, 1802 | Drone flies | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Tabanidae Latreille, 1802 | Breeze flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 | Dung flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823 | Leaf miner flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asilidae Latreille, 1802 | Assassin flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tephritidae Newman, 1834 | Fruit flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhagionidae (Latreille, 1802) | Snipe flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empididae Latreille, 1809 | Balloon flies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820 | Marsh Flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hybotidae Meigen, 1820 | Dance flies | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Starland County
20 Genera with 21 Species | Bombylius Linnaeus, 1758 | Greater Bee Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cuterebra Clark, 1827 | Bot flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epistrophe Walker, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eristalis Latreille, 1758 | Rat-tailed maggots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helophilus Meigen, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hybomitra Enderlein, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischiolepta Lioy, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liriomyza Mik, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaphorus Bigot, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanostoma Schiner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neotephritis Hendel, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragus Latreille, 1822 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platycheirus Le Peletier ..., 1771 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhagio Fabricius, 1758 | Down-looker | 1 | Species | Taxom | Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sepedon Latreille, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Spilomyia Meigen, 1803 | Hornet Flies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Syritta Le Peletier ..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tachydromia Meigen, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Starland County
21 Species | Bombylius (Bombylius) major Linnaeus, 1758 | Bee fly | | Cuterebra (Cuterebra) fontinella Clark, 1827 | Mouse Bot Fly | | Epistrophe (Epistrophe) grossulariae Meigen, 1882 | Black-Horned Smoothtail | | Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758 | European Drone Fly | | Eristalis (Eoseristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Drone Fly | | Eupeodes (Eupeodes) volucris Osten Sacken, 1877 | Bird Hover Fly | | Helophilus (Helophilus) pendulus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Hybomitra frontalis Walker, 1848 | Boreal Horse Fly | | Ischiolepta hyalophora Buck & Marshall, 2002 | | | Liriomyza septentrionalis Sehgal, 1968 | Engelmann's evening primrose | | Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893 | | | Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Neotephritis finalis Loew, 1862 | Sunflower Seed Maggot | | Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822 | Western bog yellowcress | | Platycheirus (Platycheirus) clypeatus Meigen, 1822 | | | Platycheirus granditarsis Forster, 1771 | | | Rhagio tringarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Rhagio vitripennis Meigen, 1820 | | Sepedon armipes Loew, 1859 | | | Sepedon pusilla Loew, 1859 | | | Syritta pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 | Hover Fly | | Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995 | |
Subnodes of Brachycera with occurrences in Starland County
 | | Brachycera (Macquart 1834) |
Links, sources and further information Brachycera at artfakta.se
Brachycera at dyntaxa.se
Brachycera at itis.gov
Brachycera at marinespecies.org
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